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VECTOR ’08 from tomorrow

VISAKHAPATNAM: A three-day national-level students meet -Vector ’08 - will be conducted from Monday to Wednesday by the Association of Computer Intellects (AsCI) of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering in Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering at the latter’s premises.

Informing this to media persons here on Saturday, professor and Head of the Department of CSE P. Prapoorna Raja said that the two important features of the three-day meet would be memoranda of understanding (MoU) with TCS and Soliver. “TCS General Manager and Regional Head V. Rajanna will be present in the inaugural session while Soliver’s CEO will attend the valedictory function. Both the top companies will conduct seminars and training to students and also help them work on projects, providing industry exposure.

There would also be a minimum of two faculty development programmes besides four students’ programmes,” she said.

There would also be international certification programme for students after which they would be getting job opportunities. Soliver was recruiting the students every year and the number was being increased, she added.

Convenor of Vector ’08 D. Saritha said this was the third consecutive year the event was being held. The response was tremendous with as many as 1,800 papers were received out of which 150 were selected for presentation due to time constraints. There would be a technical quiz, hardware and software display, poster presentation, HR rounds, online gaming, documentary, IPL cricket quiz and cultural contests. Some 750 students were expected to participate in the meet, she said.

GVP secretary P. Somaraju, principal of the college N.S.V.V.S.J. Gandhi, co-convenor C. Srinivas, and others were present.

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